HELPING JESUS BUILD HIS KINGDOM (1 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16
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Helping Jesus Build His Kingdom (1 of 3)
Series: Building The Church
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 4:7-16
OPEN: In the 1970's Andrew Richardson, a Liverpool postal worker, declared his semi-detached flat to be the independent nation of Granbia. After a while, however, Richardson lost interest, and the apartment reverted to England by default.
In 1964, Leicester Hemingway, the little brother of author Ernest Hemingway built an 8 by 30 foot floating bamboo platform 7 miles off the coast of Jamaica, anchoring it to the ocean floor with a Ford engine block. "I can stand on the platform, walk around on it, and salute the flag, all of which I do periodically," Hemingway bragged to reporters. "There are no taxes here, because taxes are for people not smart enough to start their own countries." In time, part of his country was destroyed by fishermen in search of scrap wood; the rest sank in a storm.
In 1969, when the Western Australia Wheat Quota board limited the amount of wheat he could grow Leonard George Casely took his 18,500 acre farm and seceded from Australia to form his own country. He designed his own national flag and motto, printed his own money, and set up his own parliament.
Australia refused to recognize his sovereignty, so in 1977 he declared war. Nothing came of it - he backed down two days later and re-established diplomatic relations. Casely claims he pays no Australian taxes, but he admits he makes payments to the Australian government as an "international courtesy."
APPLY: Kingdoms come and kingdoms go. Even the most mighty of nations don't last forever. As powerful as the United States of America is, one day, it too will pass away.
But (pause) when the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary he said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the thro ...
Series: Building The Church
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 4:7-16
OPEN: In the 1970's Andrew Richardson, a Liverpool postal worker, declared his semi-detached flat to be the independent nation of Granbia. After a while, however, Richardson lost interest, and the apartment reverted to England by default.
In 1964, Leicester Hemingway, the little brother of author Ernest Hemingway built an 8 by 30 foot floating bamboo platform 7 miles off the coast of Jamaica, anchoring it to the ocean floor with a Ford engine block. "I can stand on the platform, walk around on it, and salute the flag, all of which I do periodically," Hemingway bragged to reporters. "There are no taxes here, because taxes are for people not smart enough to start their own countries." In time, part of his country was destroyed by fishermen in search of scrap wood; the rest sank in a storm.
In 1969, when the Western Australia Wheat Quota board limited the amount of wheat he could grow Leonard George Casely took his 18,500 acre farm and seceded from Australia to form his own country. He designed his own national flag and motto, printed his own money, and set up his own parliament.
Australia refused to recognize his sovereignty, so in 1977 he declared war. Nothing came of it - he backed down two days later and re-established diplomatic relations. Casely claims he pays no Australian taxes, but he admits he makes payments to the Australian government as an "international courtesy."
APPLY: Kingdoms come and kingdoms go. Even the most mighty of nations don't last forever. As powerful as the United States of America is, one day, it too will pass away.
But (pause) when the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary he said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the thro ...
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